Wolf Pen, West Virginia

Wolf Pen is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along Indian Creek.[2]

Wolf Pen
Wolf Pen
Location within the state of West Virginia
Wolf Pen
Wolf Pen (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°32′16″N 81°35′30″W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyWyoming
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
24896
GNIS feature ID1741519[1]

The community took its name from the wolf pen, a device used to trap wolves.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wolf Pen, West Virginia
  2. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 58. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
  3. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 688.



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